Rashid Yunusmetov

Rashid Yunusmetov
Personal information
Nationality  Kazakhstan
Born (1979-07-09) 9 July 1979
Shymkent, Kazakh SSR
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 10 m air pistol (AP40)
50 m pistol (FP)

Rashid Yunusmetov (Kazakh: Рашид Юнусметов; born July 9, 1979 in Shymkent) is a Kazakhstani sport shooter.[1] Yunusmetov had won a total of five medals at the ISSF World Cup circuit, including gold for the 50 m free pistol (2009 in Beijing, China).[2][3]

Yunusmetov represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He placed twentieth out of forty-eight shooters in the men's 10 m air pistol, with a total score of 578 points.[4] Three days later, Yunusmetov competed for his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, where he was able to fire 10 shots each in six attempts, for a total score of 555 points, finishing only in seventeenth place.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Rashid Yunusmetov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Yunusmetov claims men's 50m pistol gold at shooting World Cup". Xinhua. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "50m Pistol M – Yunusmetov (KAZ) claimed gold". ISSF. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
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